Shaped reed article and method of making it



April 23, 1929. N. E. FRlssELL ET AL 1,710,536 l SHAPED REED ARTICLE ANDMETHOD 0F MAKING IT I gants-shea' A1 A@ffy-z "ggggggg" I INUenZor/. A@ W April Z3, 1929. N. E. FRISSELL ET AL I SHAPED REED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING IT 3 Sheets-Sheet Filed Feb. 28, 1928 Plil 23, 1929. N. E. FRlssELL ET AL SHAPED REED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING IT,

` Filed Feb. 28, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet '25 binder or bow members constituting'` the line 8--8of Fig. 5.

` Patented Apr. 23, 1929. n 4 l Y i l i i.. UNI-TED STATESPATENT ermee.

NELSONVE. FRIVSSELIJ, OF GARDNER, AND WIIiLIAlVI-A.. lVlr-ALOYQ'OFVEASTk TEMPLET'ON, 'M.ASSACI'IUSE'IWJS,`k ASSIGtNOlRS,l` BY." MESN'E ASSIGNMENTS, T()l HEDSTROM-UNION COMPANYg'OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, .A "CORPORATIONr OF AIVIASiSALE'USET'IS.

f SHAPED REED `.similares.AND METHOD or MAKING 1T.. I

, .Application ined .February y28, 192e.t serial Nel 257,743.

This invention relatesfto the manufacture the aforesaid relation so as to retain the fab. 55 of shaped reed fabrics .andv hask particular ricpermanently in the shapeimparted toit. reference-tothemanufacture of reedhoods4 A further object of thel invention is genor tops for.y childrens vehicles, as baby carerally to'improve` the construction of shaped riageg. y A v y f `reed fabrics and articles and pmethods. of.

. The usualreed toporhoodfora baby. carmaking'them... riage-or the like is composed of `reedfab-l F ig. l is aside elevation Aof ya'liood fora ric which iscurved Lin two transversedif baby carriage'.embodying the invention. rections. y rEhe hood heretofore has usuallyv Fig. 2 isa plan viewof Fig. 1. f.

l0 been constructed of a wooden frame having'y Fig. 3y is applanview of a. fabric `sheet f bowed transverse members andv the reed prior to the shapingthereof. Y 65 fabric either has been woven upon the frame 4 is. a plan view,` of a, machine for or., if woven independently of the frame, at; shaping the `bows of the hood-,and simul-f tached thereto. Thewooden frame is eX-v taneously clamping thefedges of the,reed` pensive, sometimes cornes apart, isheavyrand fabric therein. q i y clumsy, .and requires skilled workmen to Fig. 5 is a detailqoffFig. 4 at the start of 70 y construct and to incorporate `the reed fabric the shaping operation.`v Y V therewith. Fig. 6 isa detailed elevation showingthe Oneof the objects of the present invention Apositionwof. one edge of the reed fabric in ar is the provisionof a shaped reedarticleas bow prior to the s hapingof thebow.

a hood for a baby carriage or perambulator, f Fig. 7 isa detail of the machine of Fig. 75 which'hood. consistsof a shaped reed fabric l illustrating the (partly shaped bow and having binder or bow members at the edges fabric. A of the fabric to hold thefabricin shape, the Fig.V 8 is a sectional detail takeny along frame of the article and-the sole supporting` Fig. 9 isa perspective detail of lthe fabric S0 and shape-retaining means for the'fabric. in the bowv and illustrating various positions Another object of the inventionis thepro-y takenby the bow and the .bending thereof. vision of a shaped reed hoodwwhereinthel Fig. lOis a-,view similar to Fig. l. but front and vrear edges of `the shaped reed shoWingt-'he hood prior to the application of fabric are secured to metal bows which rev-K' the side binder members. y 5 tain the fabric in the shapek impartedv to it Fig. l1 is a section through liner 11-11 of and constitutethe frame for the hood. Fig. 1. Y,

Another objectAk of the invention is the Figs..12,113 and 14: are perspective views 35 method of making the hood or shaped reed `v,ofl the fabric` at `the start of the shaping,

article above forth.l Y l whenfjpartially .shaped7 and when completely eo A furtherobject of the invention is the shaped, respectively. showing how the .high method of manufacturing a shapedr reed andV 10W portions'of thecurved `edgel of the article whichconsists in shapingvthe reed fabrica. when they fabric is bent V'into the 40 fabric and also the frame. to which "the proper shape, is caused to lie ina-commonl fabric is attached and--} nogressively secur-` plane; Y c I Y l' y ing the Vshaped portions ofthe fabric and the The invention here shown incorporated f frame together as the shaping' progresses. in ajhood. l() vadapted for use onababy car-f A yetfurther object of the invention is .-a" riage or, it in ayj be, a doll carriage. l The Amethod of shaping an article as a hood for hoodis composed of awoven reed fabric a baby carriage which consists in providing` body 12 and metalside. bows'` 14, and l16, 100

a reed fabric having'a curved edge that has lwhich bows are onmayjbe identical. Ther high and low portions and such character en'ds of the bows areY secured to theusual that when the fabric is sufiieientlybent into hinge Ymembers'lS. Side members 20 enthev desired shape. both the high and low porclose the side edges ofv the reedfabric"be-v tions of the curved edge will lie in a single tween 'thebows and aref-secured, as welded, 105 plane whichis transverse to the fabric, and to the'bo'ws, above the hinge4 members thus scouring` sai-d edge of the reed fabric pertotforrn witlrthe .bowsa'rigid frame struc* nia-nently to a bowed supportingA frame in. ture. `Thebows are generally semi-circular in form andthe hood, in a longitudinal plane, is curved, downwardly at both bowends as at a, Fig. l, and has a more or less flat intermediate section b. The hood is.

also transversely curved between the bows. The bow members as well as the side inembers 2O are formed of .l-shaped, or channel,

sections, see Figs. 9 and ll,v and .the bowmembers have flattened ends 22, seo Figs. 4 and 9, and are open intermediate the ends.

The edges of the reed fabric are received.

l firmly and permanently therein and in the shape imparted to the fabric. rlhe reed fabric is woven independently of the hood and is initially of generally vflat shape as shown in Fig. 3. TheA particular `fabric ,here shownl comprises the round stakes 24 and interwoven flat i'iller strands 26. Both the stakes and the strands are ineXtensible and the stakes are further apart than the strands. Both the stakes and the strands are of artificial reed, that is to say, they are made of paperstock, although such need'not neces sarily 'be the case. `While the filler strands 2G, here shown, are fiat, they can be round or of any other usual or suitable shape or construction common in the art.

:In the manufacture of the hood herein shown, a flat sheet of reed fabric of suitable dimensions is shaped. to provide the oppositelyl curved front and rear edges 2S, Fig. 3, which edges aie adapted 'to' lie within the front and rear bows of the con'iplcted hood.

Said curved edges in general lie across the stakes 24 and the ends of the stakes termi'- nate in said edges. The side edges 30, lying` between the curved edges, may be of any configuration and preferaby are straight and form the side edges of the shaped hood and lie between the bows and within the side members 20.

rllhe shape of the opposed edges 28 .is important.v Thecurves of the edges, for the symmetrical hood here shown, are identical and each has a low middle portion andlhigh end portions. The configuration is such that both the low, the high and intermediate portions are caused to lie in the saine plane, transversely disposed withr respect to thev fabric, when the fabric is shaped byV applying pressures Athereto `in a direction to flex the fabric 'across the edge and also in a direction to Hex it forwardly and downwardly toward `said edge; The bows are shaped during the fabric-shaping operation, and the fabric and bow-shaping steps are effected alternately; andthe fabric is securedkin' thel bow-member coincidently with the shapingof the bow member.

The shaping operations are carried out with the assistance of the machine shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Said machine comprises essentially a horizontal base plate32 provided with an upstanding anvil 34. A cam block 36 is mounted in front ofl and is movable toward and away fronrthe anvil and is guided in such vmovement by means Vincluding the posts 38 which are `carried by and upstanding above said .base plate and are received loosely in slots 40 of the cam'meinber. Said cam member is Vadapted'to be moved towards-the anvil and held releasably clamped against a straight bow member therein by a cam arm 42 ivoted on a post 44 in front of'said cam mem er. Said'cam arm is adapted to bear against a projection 46 of the'cain member and, when rotated in a clockwise direction, to force the Cain member toward the anvil and hold it releasablyvinadvanced position against the bow member faces Vrollers 52 which aie adapted to exert a pressure on a straight bow member and flex it into the shape of the cam member 36. Links 54 are pivoted to said handles and extend laterally therefrom and said links are also pivoted to other and forwardlyextended links 56 which have handle grips 58 attached thereto. Upstanding blocks 60 are swiveled on said links at the free endsv thereof and haveverticalvslots 62 therein in which flattened ends of the straight bow members are adapted to be received.

A flat spring Aplate 64 isA extended-from one block to the other and across the rollers 52 and the anvil 34and between said cani member 3G and said rollers and anvil. pressure of the rollers is adapted torbe eX- erted on said spring plate and through 'said plate to the bow member, thus to ilatten the channel of they bow member and compress its side walls upon .the stakes and strands of the Vreed fabric.v The `use ofl said spring plate distributes the pressure of thevrollers over the channelv member and gives a smooth contour 'to the bent bow member that. would The ico

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not be obtained without the spring plate/ since the roller otherwise would have a tent ency to bed into the channel between the incompressible stakes of the reed fabric ln forming the hood, the flattened ends of'a straight bow member 1i4 are inserted' in the slots62'of the swivel blocks GO so that the middle ofthe channel of the bowl member is opposite theanvil, as shown iniFig. 4. 'One of the curved edges of the fabric sheet 12 is inserted in the middle of the channel so vthat the'middle of the curved edge, or the lowportion thereof, occupies the middle of tlie'channel. The cam member 3G is thenfoiced up against the bow member and squeezes and compresses it against the anvil and flattens the sides of the channel, in the middle thereof, upon and into permanent clamping.engagement with vthe middle portion of the fabric sheet at the curved edge thereof, as is illustrated in y Figs. 5 and 6.

In this position,-the middle or low portion of the cui-'ved edge of the fabric lies lwithin the middle of the channel while the ends or high portions rof the curved edge upstand above' and outside the channel. Pressure is then exerted on one side ofy the fabric sheet, which upstands above the side of the channel, as for instance, the left side, to flex it` inwardly. and forwardly toward the cam member 36 and also downwardly so that a' portion of` the curved. edgeV 28 of the fabric nearest the clamped middle portion is caused to be located within the plane of bend of the bow member and disposed within theuiicompressed portion of the channel thereof. VThe left lhand arm is then swung a little in a countercloclc,

wise direction, thus to cause the roller thereof to act on and tobend the'left hand side of the bow member about a portion lof the cam face of thecam meinberand also to flatten the side walls' of the channel of the bow member into permanent engagement with.` the inserted portions of the loose curved bending or shaping of the fabric to bring the curved edge into the channel and `the shaping of the channel and the clamping of a portion of the fabric edge. is carried out in successive steps until one entire side of the fabric is clamped vpermaifiently into vthe, channel and the bow member is completely bent to the proper shape. lhe same series of operations Ais repeated on .the opposite. side of the fabric and channel. Thel handles 5S are operated at suitable times to. as-` sist vin the bending of the channel into bow form. y v

A half completed hood. with one completed bow member' is `then removed. from the device and the same roperation is cariiedi'out on :the otherfedge of theV fabric so thatafter the bow membeis'are applied, thehood with its bow members is completely shaped oris as .shown in Fig. 10.A The bow members retain thefabriein the shape imparted to it, without other restraining rmeans, and the shaped fabricis caused to incline the 'ends of the bow members toward each other, so that they are caused automatically to assume their` intended relative.

positions, as shownain Fig. l, without necessity rorforcing them into suoli position.

The straight side edges 30 of the fabric remain straight and lie-between the bows as shown. Side members 2O of channel shape are inserted over the loose ends of the filler sti'andsQG at the.y edges 30, as shown in Fig. 11, and the side walls .of said rmembers are compressed onto the filler strands whereby to bind them securely in .placeu The endsv of the side members 2O are preferably spotwelded electrically. to the bow members 1d and 16, thus rigidly to connect them.

The above method of shaping the fabric andthe bow members and simultaneously securing the fabric in the bow members can be effected by operatives inexperienced inv reedy manufacture.` LAs above stated, the

ciirve given the `curved edges 28 .of the fabric Vis important and is. determined mainly vby trial. yThe curve is such that when the fabricV is completely A,secured in the bow members, theedge28 of the shaped fabric occupies a plane which is vthe plane of the shaped bow member. i

Figs. r12, 13 and 1d illustrate in some dc-` grever the manner in which both the high and lowportions 12 and 12b, respectively,.of

the fabric are causedto .lie in the saine plane. ln Fig. 12,the fabric is illustrated at the start of the shaping process, the U- shaped line 141-CL illustrating the inaloutline of the edge. In Fig. 13, the Afabric is partly shaped and sections ofthe edge of lthe "fabric, between the low or middle portion and the high or end portions, have been bent forwardly and downwardly into the final plane of bend, the high end poiiionsl being yet above the final plane.Y In Fig. 14.-, all portions of theedge are shown as occupying the final plane of bend. vThe fabric naturally assumes the shape Vherein illustrated `in' the process of manufacture without the necessity` for shifting .the weave of, or shucking, the fabric, during the shaping thereof. Y Y the stakes 2st .of the fabric are clamped in the bow members, and the stakes are ineXf tensible, the fabric is held against shiicking during the shaping thereof and alsov in the i completed article.

1. The method of producing a Vciirved reed fabricv whichconsists in forminga piece of reed v fabric with a suitably curiied Furthermore, since I the ends of.A

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edge,and bending the fabric transversely of said curved edge and 4in a direction to bring the ends of said edge toward each Iother and to cause the curved edge to lie in one plane which is transverse the bod ofthe fabric.

2. The inethod of producing a curved reed fabric which consists in forining a piece of reed fabric With a suitably curved edge, and bending the fabric transversely of said curved edge and in a direction to bring the ends ofsaid edge toward each other and to cause the curved edge to lie in one plane which is transverse the body of the fabric, and securing said edge permanently in the aforesaid relation.

The method of producing a curvedr .piece .of reed fabi'ic with a curved edge which is low in the iniddle and high at the ends and has such curvature that when the fabric is bent to bring the high ends suitably toward each other all portions of the curved edge Will lie in one plane, bending the fabric into the above condition, and securing the curved edge of the fabric to cause it to retain the shape imparted to it.

4l. rihe method of producing a reed hood Which consists in providing a piece ofreed fabric with opposed curved edges which are loiv in the niiddle and high at the ends, bendii'ig each curved end of the fabric separately by applying pressure to the sides of the fabric to bring the high ends of each curved edge toward each other and also bending the fabric beyond the edge in a direction toward the edge to curve the fabric in two transversely related directions and to locate thc high ends and W niiddle of each curved edge in one plane, and securing each edge in the aforesaid relation so as to retain the fabric in the shape iinparted to it.

5. The inethod of producing a reed hood which consists in providing a piece of reed .fabric with .opposed curved edges which are low in the middle and hie'li at 'the ends, bending' each curved end of the fabric separately by applying pressure to the sides of the fabric to bring the high ends of each curved edge toward each other and also bending the fabric beyond the edge in ,a'

direction toward the edgey to curve the' fabric in tivo transve sely related directions and to locate the high ends and low middle of each curved edge in one plane, securing each edge in the aforesaid relation so as toA another portion, holding the fabric at theV 'fabric which consists in providing a piece of reed fabric With a curved edge AWhich is y highin one portion and loiv in another portion, holding the fabric at the lioiv portion of thc curved edge, bending the fabrictransversely of and also toward the curved edge and into a condition in which the fabric is curved intivo transversely related planes l and in which both the high and loW portions that it `and the fabric retains the shapeiinparted thereto.

8. The method of. producing a curved reed fabric which consists in providing a piece of reed fabric with a curved edge'which is high in one portion and 10W in another portion, securing a portion of the edge to a binder strip with other portions of the edge standing away frein saidstrip and progres-V sively bending thefal'iric transversely of the edge and also toward the edge to bring other portions of the edge successively to said strip, and securing such portions to the strip,

and bending said strip progressively in a plane which is transverse to the body of the,

fabric. v

9. The inethod ofproducing a curved fabric/Which consists in providing a piece of reed fabric with a curved edge Which is high in one portion and loW in anotherportion, securing a portion of the edge to a binder strip'with other portions-of the edge standing away frein said strip and progressively bending the fabric transversely of the edge and also toward the edge tor bring other portions of the edge successively to said strip, and securing such -portions to the strip and at the saine tiine bending the strip in a plane Which is tiansverse` to the bodyv of the "fabric l0. The method of producing a curved reed fabric With a curved edge, securing a portion of the. edge te a binder strip With other portions of the edge standing above and away from the strip, bending the strip transversely of the fabric body and also bending the fabricy transversely of said edgeto bring the edge to the strip, and securing Athe edge to the strip so as to hold the edge and the fabric in cuived condition.4

l1. The niethod of producing a curved reed fabric which consists in providing` a piece of reed fabric With a curved edge, se-

rlhe method of producing a curved reed reedcuring a portion of the edge to a binder strip with other portions lof the edge standing above and away from the strip, and in a progressive manner bending the fabric transversely of said edge to bring successive free portions of the edge to the engagement of the strip, and bending the strip transversely of the body of curing the edge to the strip, until the strip is suitably curved and is secured thereto.

12. The method of producing a curved reed article which consists in providing a piece of reed fabric with a curved edge, se-y of the edge to a binder fabric and the strip in tlie fabric in a inancuring a portion strip, bending the different directions and ner to cause its curved edge to move into the y plane of bend of the strip, and securing the edge to the strip setas toretain the fabric in the shape imparted to it.k

13. The method of producing a reed hood which consists in providing a piece' of reed fabric with a curved edge which is low in the middle and high at the ends, clamping the low middle in the middle of a straight channel member with the fabric piece upstanding tliereabove, bending the fabric downwardly and the side inwardly to cause beth the high and low portions of the curved edge to lie in the plane of bend of the channel member, bending the channel member in a horizontal plane and clamping the channel member upon the bent curved edge of the fabric.

14. The method piece of reed. stakes and filler strands with a curved edge the fabric and se-,

the edge of the fabric of producing a curved. reed fabric which consists in providing a' fabric having ineXtensible' in which the stakes are terminated, bending the fabric across the stakes and also across the i'iller strands until the ends of the stakes inthe curved edge are in one plane, and securing a binder strip to said edge to hold the fabric in the shape imparted to it.

l5. A reed hood consisting of a reed fal ricwhich is curved in two transversely-related planes, bow-members secured to the opposite ends of the curved fabric, the bowmembers retaining the fabric inthe shape imparted to it, the fabric between the bow members being'self-supporting, and means: securing the'ends of the bow members on the same side of the fabric together.

16. A reed hood consisting of a reed fabric which is curved in two transversely-related planes, bow-members secured to the opposite ends of the curved fabric, the bow-members retaining the fabric in the shape imparted to it, the fabric between the bow members being self-supporting, and side members extended between the bow members and secured to the free edges of the fabric between the bow members.

l?. A reed hoed consisting of areed fabric which is curved in two transversely-related planes, bow-members of channel formation securedto the opposite ends of and enclosing the end-edges of thefabric, and side channel members extended between and rigidly fixed to said bow members and enclosing and secured to the edges of the fabric at the sides thereof between said bow members.

In testimony whereof, we have signed oun names to this specication. i

NELSON E. FRISSELL. WILLIAM A. MALOY. 

